Bible Commentary

Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 18. from him ] Some commentators would add, “upon thee”; “et irascatur contra te,” Mnster. It is better to leave the proverb as it stands, and to supplement its teaching by such proverbs as Pro 24:29, Pro 25:21-22. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:18”

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Pro 24:17-18 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth. Revenge Johnson makes a distinction between vengeance and revenge. Injuries, he says, are revenged; crimes are avenged. The former is an act of passion, the latter of justice. I. The object … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:17”

For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 16. falleth ] not into sin, for the Heb. word is never used of moral lapse, but into trouble or calamity. You will “lay wait against” him and “spoil” him ( Pro 24:15) to no purpose. You … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:16”

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 15. O wicked man], Or, as a wicked man. dwelling resting place ] or pasture fold (R.V. marg.); making the picture pastoral. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The teaching of the proverb warns men not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:15”

So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 14. so shall the knowledge of wisdom be ] Rather, so know wisdom to be. With like avidity as you eat honey ( Pro 24:13), know, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:14”

My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: Honey entered largely into the diet of Hebrew children Isa 7:15, so that it was as natural an emblem for the purest and simplest wisdom, as the sincere milk of the word was to the New Testament … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:13”

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works? 12. knew it not ] Lit. knew not this ( thing, or man). Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:12”

If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; 11. drawn unto death ready to be slain ] whether by unjust judgement, or by violence. In the first case you may deliver a soul by giving true witness (Pro 14:25), in the second, by not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:11”

[If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. 10. faint ] Or, art slack. The Heb. word is the same as in Pro 18:9. is small ] as is proved to be the case by thy “fainting” under pressure. But the proverb may mean, because of thy fainting thy strength will … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:10”

The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men. 9. foolishness ] i.e. fools: abstract for concrete. and ] “Or, but the scorner. Perhaps the meaning is that the very purpose of evil is sinful in the sight of God; but the bold and insolent transgressor is not only offensive … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:9”